CAIRO – +++DEVELOPING STORY+++
Thousands of supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi marched at the site of a former Muslim Brotherhood protest camp in Cairo Friday.
Police and troops are on alert in the area, after protestors defied a security crackdown by gathering at the site where thousands participated in violent protests in recent months, according to a Reuters report citing an Egyptian state news agency.
Egyptian authorities had warned the Brotherhood that new demonstration camps would not be tolerated.
Since the July 3 ouster of the Islamic president, the country's military-backed government has moved against the Brotherhood, banning the group, seizing its assets and arresting hundreds of its supporters.
Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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